Quarried Stone

Famous quotes containing the words quarried stone, quarried and/or stone:

    “So careful of the type?” but no.
    From scarped cliff and quarried stone
    She cries, “A thousand types are gone;
    I care for nothing, all shall go.
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “So careful of the type?” but no.
    From scarped cliff and quarried stone
    She cries, “A thousand types are gone;
    I care for nothing, all shall go.
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    You cannot go into any field or wood, but it will seem as if every stone had been turned, and the bark on every tree ripped up. But, after all, it is much easier to discover than to see when the cover is off. It has been well said that “the attitude of inspection is prone.” Wisdom does not inspect, but behold.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)